Improvement in rail-fence



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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, AMBROSE FRAYER, of Ripley, in the county of Huron,and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRail-Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andcomplete description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a side view of the fence.

Figure 2 is a top view.

Figure 3 is an end view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the views. I

In'ig. 1, A represents the ground, on which are laid the sills B. -Inthese sills are inserted the posts or stakes C, as shown in fig. 3, ofaproper distance apart to receive the ends of the rails D, whichlare laidup one upon the other, as shown in iig. I. The stakes are then securedto each other by a yoke, E, placed'either midway the height of the postsor at the top, as vmay be desired. F F, tig. 3, are side braces, thelower ends of which are inserted in the sills, and the upper ends soshaped as to enter the yoke, the said yoke being made to rest upon theintruded ends of the braces, 'thereby holding them irmly and securelyagainst the fence.

It will be observed that this fence is constructed entirely ofrough-split rails, with the exception of the yoke and sills, which,however, are split from the log and shaped by the axe, no sawn timber ornails being used in its construction.

The posts, in consequence of boing set in the sills instead of beingdriven into the earth, are not liable to rot; so also the ends of thebraces, all being above the ground and inserted in the sills, render thefence both strong and durable, and easily constructed.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The herein-described fence, when constructed and arranged in the mannersubstantially as described, con- I structing of the side braces F, soarranged that the yoke E embraces their upper ends, thereby holding themsecurely in connection with the posts C, at the same time binding saidposts together, whereby the rails are supported and kept in positionbetween said post and upon the sills B.

. AMBROSE FRAYER. 3

Witnesses: A

W. H. Bussines, J. HOLMES.

